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| Moving to our financial position, we continue to see our balance sheet as a competitive advantage |
| And I'd encourage you if you get the chance, there's plenty of reviews and customer videos and things out on YouTube that I think really speak to it better than we ever could on this call |
| Despite these headwinds, we posted share gains across all of our segments for the quarter, and we had record PG&A results that were bolstered by the broadest portfolio and all Powersports |
| We also had an incredibly successful Off Road dealer meeting in July and marine dealer meetings in August, both with positive feedback from dealers regarding our new products |
| Despite all this, I remain confident in our ability to excel in this environment, as evidenced by our share gains in all three segments in the quarter, and a very positive reaction to our recently introduced new products |
| So we feel good about dealer inventory |
| Additionally, we believe we are successfully targeting potential customers, with the right promotional offers to drive dealer traffic |
| While retail was generally lower than we had expected, we further strengthened our share position in each of our three segments |
| And I'm really happy with what the team's done |
| But the demand at the higher end, whether that's the NorthStar Ranger or the soon to be delivered RANGER XDs, remains solid |
| The first which is encouraging is that we had some of our strongest clean build days and weeks as we neared the end of the third quarter |
| Our teams believe they can build on the success in the fourth quarter |
| So we're very optimistic about where we're headed |
| So we ended up shipping a lot in the first quarter of this year and we've made vast improvements in our ability to deliver and we're going to have all of our snow check units delivered before the end of this year |
| We think it'll be a positive for the Bennington brand and will help bring that new consumer in |
| So we obviously have very good visibility into what's going on |
| And so what we saw in the quarter was really good [inaudible] rates and volumes up versus prior quarters and last year |
| And as I mentioned in my prepared remarks, our September production efficiency and hitting the mark was much improved |
| We're obviously slated to start delivering XD in November and the teams are making really good progress on that |
| Retail continued to be strong in new and premium products |
| We also have a favorable comparison in snow that should help contribute to retail growth in Q4 as we are on track this year to ship snow check units before the season begins versus much later shipments last year |
| Polaris XPEDITION, which started shipping in Q3, has seen strong demand for our premium models, and we're working hard to meet this elevated demand |
| So we feel confident that we can get there |
| The margin improvement is probably the single largest opportunity that we have in front of us that we've got to get after, the teams are aligned |
| But as I look out to ‘26 and I look at the mid-single digit revenue growth that we've got out there, I'm pretty confident that over the course of the next two to three years, we're going to see the markets moving away that allow us to continue on the trajectory that we've been on thus far |
| I mean, one, we've obviously seen strong performance, even with a tepid environment, just given the mix of vehicles we've had some of the pricing actions that have been taken, although we expect pricing obviously to become less of a factor moving forward |
| So we continue to feel good about that high end of the market |
| When you look at revenue and you look at the other measures, I feel very confident about that |
| I actually look at it very positively because these are things well within our control and we can get after that |
| Lock & Ride MAX is yet another step in our industry leading parts, garments, and accessory strategy, where we've seen significant content increases across all product categories related to new accessory and attachment offerings |
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| North American Indian Motorcycle retail was down low teens driven by a challenging backdrop and increased competition |
| We missed our third quarter retail expectations, which was the result of weaker than anticipated end markets coupled with the slower ramp up of new product shipments, and continue constraints on manufacturing our premium products |
| Similar to how we've pulled back production in marine in the face of weakening demand and rising dealer inventory |
| In Marine, the industry continued to be negatively impacted by slowing consumer demand |
| This morning we posted third quarter results that were slightly lower than our original expectations, driven by elevated manufacturing costs and an increasingly cautious consumer environment |
| Turning to our third quarter performance, sales declined 4%, driven by lower shipments relative to a year ago, as well as higher finance interest |
| In Off Road, these trends are pointing to a cautious outlook in utility and continued weakness and recreation |
| Third quarter results were driven by lower shipping volumes and higher finance interest, impacting both sales and margins |
| Gros profit margin was down 338 basis points given top line pressures |
| The mix was another contributing factor to lower margins as we saw a slower than expected ramp up in production of our premium Off Road products including our new Polaris XPEDITION and RANGER XD |
| Margin guidance is being lowered given what we saw in Q3 in the trends we expect to continue into the fourth quarter |
| On Road revenue was down 19% due to lower ship volumes given industry softness combined with comparing against our third quarter last year, which saw a large catch-up on motorcycles with black painted parts given production issues earlier in 2022 |
| Margins in the quarter were pressured by foreign exchange, finance interest and unfavorable mix |
| Adjusted EPS was down 17% for the quarter |
| Industry data shows the pontoon market is down almost 10% year-to-date as customers continue to be deterred from purchasing by high interest rates |
| For On Road, Q3 retail was down low teens, given a slower market and difficult comps to last year when motorcycles were retailing much later given constrained availability early in the year |
| Considering these manufacturing inefficiencies and weaker than anticipated end markets, we're narrowing our full year sales guidance to the lower end of our previously issued range and lowering our margin and adjusted EPS guidance |
| We are certainly operating in a dynamic environment where we have seen declining consumer confidence, given persistent inflation, coupled with even higher interest rates, and rising consumer debt |
| Margins were down due to continued headwind from foreign exchange, as well as increased pressure from floor plan promotional costs driven by higher interest rates and higher dealer inventories |
| Given what we saw in Q3 in our updated assumptions for Q4, we are slightly narrowing sales guidance towards the bottom of the previous range and bringing margin guidance down, which lowers our adjusted EPS guidance |
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